Toplines - 2010 Indiana Senate - June 2-3, 2010
Indiana Survey of
500 Likely Voters
Conducted June 2-3, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been
doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
20% Strongly approve
21% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
45% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
2* How would you
rate the job Mitch Daniels has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve,
somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
23% Strongly approve
35% Somewhat approve
22% Somewhat disapprove
16% Strongly disapprove
3% Not sure
3*
2010 Indiana Senate Race
|
June 2-3. 2010 |
May 5-6. 2010 |
April 13-14, 2010 |
March 17-18, 2010 |
February 16-17,
2010 |
Dan
Coats (R) |
47% |
51% |
54% |
49% |
46% |
Brad
Ellsworth (D) |
33% |
36% |
33% |
34% |
32% |
Some
other candidate |
7% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
Not
sure |
14% |
8% |
9% |
12% |
15% |
4*
I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let
me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable,
or very unfavorable impression.
Candidate
for IN Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not
sure |
Coats |
15% |
41% |
15% |
10% |
18% |
Ellsworth |
12% |
25% |
23% |
10% |
29% |
5* A proposal has been made to
repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into affect. Do you strongly
favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal
the health care bill?
48%
Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
8% Somewhat oppose
25% Strongly oppose
6% Not sure
6* How
closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in
Arizona?
47% Very closely
31% Somewhat closely
13% Not very closely
4% Not
at all
4% Not sure
7*
Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state.
Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?
59% Favor
26% Oppose
15% Not sure
8*
Suppose a police officer stops someone for a traffic violation or a
violation of some other law. If the police officer suspects that the person
they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the officer be required to
check their immigration status?
72%
Yes
18%
No
10%
Not sure
9*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?
10% Very favorable
14% Somewhat favorable
22% Somewhat unfavorable
11% Very unfavorable
42% Not sure
10*
The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court
nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm
Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?
26% Yes
36% No
38% Not sure
11*
In the long-term, will the recent Gulf Oil Spill have a devastating impact on
the environment, a major impact, a modest impact, a minor impact, or will it
have little lasting impact on the environment?
47% Devastating impact on the environment
31% Major impact
15% Modest impact
4% Minor
impact
1% It
will have little lasting impact on the environment
3% Not
sure
12* Who should pay
for the clean-up from the oil leak – the companies who were drilling for oil,
the government or both?
74% Companies who were drilling for oil
2% Government
20% Both
3% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence